The couch never complains

Rick and I are doing fine.  Things are pretty much back to a new normal.  Although he still has one foot out the door and doesn't spend much time with me, we are getting along and that's all that matters.  It seems that he would rather spend most of his free time hanging out at McDonald's visiting with his brother and whoever comes in there.  That's okay with me just as long as he is nice to me when he is with me.  Because he spends most of his free time hanging out with his buddies, I now have all the time in the world to make sure that my son is comfortable, and to care for his emotional state.  My son on the other hand is making every effort to give Rick & I our privacy.

Rick hurt his back and he doesn't know how.  I think it was when he lifted one end of my son's sectional couch yesterday.  Today he's complained about his back hurting more than it usually does and he has gone to bed so that he can lay flat.  Besides, it is bedtime anyway.  Remember that couch I had to move all by myself without Rick's help?   Yep, that's the one.

I've been very happy for the last two days.  Rick has been talking about us in the future tense, so I know that he still wants me in his life.  He does slip back every once in a while to let me know that he hasn't forgotten how it has been for us in the last month, and he makes himself mad, like he always did at times.  He is still punishing me for the circumstances of these pasts few weeks with my son showing up at my doorstep, even tho I had nothing to do with it, so I am still sleeping on the couch among other things.  I've grown to like the couch, so it doesn't bother me sleeping on it.